Pam Price IBCLC, CBE wrote:

>I may be late in relaying this so forgive me if this topic has already been
>discussed.  I just received a newsletter from Nestle Nutrition Institute.
>Actually it was sent to the "Head Nurse Birthing Room/Labor and
>delivery...but our department secretary, a breastfeeding mom herself,
>usually sends all Newborn Care and Parenting information to me.  The first
>article entitled "  Breastfeeding and Other Means for Preventing Food
>Allergies"  discusses a theory called the "hygiene hypothesis", here is a
>quote from this newsletter:
>"According to this theory, protection from gastrointestinal infections early
>in life via breastfeeding or formulas made with sterile water may lead to a
>more "naive" development of the immune system and increase the risk of
>developing hypersensitivity to proteins later in life. "

I'm late responding to this, but it just came to mind while I was
supervising my toddler out in the yard. As a veteran of fishing things from
my darling girl's mouth, I'm wondering in what world a breastfed baby puts
only *food* in her mouth. As I understand the hygiene hypothesis, it refers
to a child's total environment and considering only food consumption is far
too narrow an interpretation.

regards,
Julia, whose stomach is still churning at the thought of what her daughter
put in her mouth at Grandma's

Julia R. Barrett
Science Writer & Editor in the Life Sciences
Madison, Wisconsin
608-238-8409; [log in to unmask]

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